Questions tagged [international]
For questions about the interaction of two or more sovereign states, including agreements and laws between them, and disputes of jurisdiction for civil or criminal matters.
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Whats the point of ICC warrants against Russia or Israel?
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against Russian officials and has an application for warrants against Israeli officials. For the latter, Karim A. A. Khan states “my ...
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How can Telegram defend themselves from law enforcement action? [closed]
It has been stated for over a decade on Telegram's Privacy Policy that
All data is stored heavily encrypted and the encryption keys in each case are stored in several other data centers in different ...
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Is Maldives banning Israelis a form of 'collective punishment' and therefore illegal?
According to an article in the Guardian the Maldives are going to ban Israelis from visiting.
According to a quote in wikipedia...
International law posits that no person may be punished for acts ...
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A tricky question about cybercrime
Let’s say I hack into a database when I’m in America, but the database servers are physically in Iran, but to complicate it even more- the company that owns the database is European.
These are just ...
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How far "down" do war crimes go?
South Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is engaging in "genocidal acts" in Gaza.
We have had cases where relatively low level people ...
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Is it legal for india to ban major platforms and websites under Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016
“No person shall depict, disseminate, publish or distribute any wrong or false topographic information of India including international boundaries through internet platforms or online services or in ...
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Literary translation and copyright
A US friend would like to translate literary works published in Farsi. What should they do (if anything) to ensure this is legal assuming the works are not yet in the public domain?
Or do the ...
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Is it true that the International Criminal Court can only bring a state to trial if that state accepts the court’s jurisdiction over them?
Article 36 of the ICJ Statute appears to say that a country can voluntarily assent to having the ICJ have jurisdiction over them for the purposes of some trial.
https://www.icj-cij.org/statute
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Process after signing a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cross-border M&A in Malaysia
If a listed company in Malaysia signed a MoU for cross-border M&A (merger and acquisition), what kind of process does the company needs to take?
For example, announcement to their stakeholders;
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Common reporting standard
I have a question that I still have no answer for.
I know that countries have a mutual agreement called Common Reporting Standard which is thought for fiscal transparency, but how does it operate?
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Are the final stages of a product’s lifecycle protected by patent?
This is a follow up to this question: International patents
Consider the following stages of a product’s lifecycle:
Manufacture
Sales
Import/export
Use
End of life/disposal
It is presumed that in a ...
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Does a WIPO patent supersede a US patent?
If a United States utility patent has expired but a virtually identical World Intellectual Property Organization patent is still in effect, would the WIPO patent prevent any US manufacturers from ...
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Are countries not allowed to require proof of revaccination (booster) against the yellow fever as a condition of entry?
I read on cdc.gov:
Countries cannot require proof of revaccination (booster) against [the yellow fever] as a condition of entry, even if the traveler’s last vaccination was >10 years ago.
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How does jurisdiction apply to ownership rights of personal belongings across countries? Can ownership be transferred?
Here is the predicament:
A has belongings of B. A is a US citizen based in the US and B is a foreign national of another country. B decides that they are giving ownership of their belongings to C who ...
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Criminal proceedings for a criminal who committed crimes in multiple countries
If a criminal from another country (say Australia) were to commit crimes there and flee to the United States, what government would track him? After capture, would he be returned to the Australian ...
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